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The Crossword Murder by Nero Blanc

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Also by Nero Blanc:

The Crossword Murder, October 2014
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Anatomy of a Crossword, July 2004
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Corpus de Crossword, June 2004
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A Crossworder?s Gift, October 2003
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A Crossword to Die For, July 2003
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The Crossword Connection, July 2001
Trade Size
Two Down, July 2000
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THE CROSSWORD MURDER
By: Nero Blanc

Open Road Media
October 2014
On Sale: October 14, 2014
Featuring: Rosco Polycrates
256 pages
ISBN: 0425169774
EAN: 9780425169773
Kindle: B00N2CLU16
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Mystery Hobbies

That's right....Thompson C. Briephs is dead. D-E-A-D. The body of the flamboyant crossword editor was found under very suspicious circumstances--and now it's up to private investigator Rosco Polycrates to come up with some answers, with the help of the beautiful and brainy crossword editor from the victim's rival newspaper. They'll need to look everywhere...including up, down, and across...to stop the killer from striking again....

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